City sit top after beating Rangers
GLASGOW CITY head away on Champions League duty sitting at the top of the Scottish Building Society Premier League after a 2-0 win over Rangers at Petershill Park.
The visiting team put up a good performance and made it is as difficult as possible for Scott Booth’s side, which had four changes from the line up that defeated Hibernian in midweek.
City were against the strong wind in the first half and struggled to create many opportunities. Rangers, meanwhile, had a few efforts from distance which Lee Alexander in City goal dealt with well.
The City rearguard also called their goalkeeper into action more often than they would have liked with some sloppy play at times across the backline.
The second half was a different story and a much-improved City emerged to take better control of the game. Megan Foley put the hosts ahead after 54 minutes as she cut inside from the right before hitting a leftfoot wonder strike from 20 yards that flew into the back of the net.
Nicola Docherty who came on at the break, scored City’s second with a thunderbolt past Jordyn Elliot in nets for Rangers on 62 minutes.
Another bonus for the home side was the appearance of 15-year-old Academy player Karsey McGlinchey who made her debut for the senior side.
City did make it harder in the final minutes than it should have been when defender Savannah McCarthy was shown a straight red for what looked like a two-footed challenge with 17 minutes remaining.